Clown Camp 1998
A pictorial journey through Week 3 of UW-LaCrosse’s Clown Camp A photo history of the UW-LaCrosse’s clown camp, taken back in 1998 (week 3). Updated […]
Articles by tom.raymond
Red Skelton, father of 7-pound daughter
(the birth announcement of Red Skelton’s daughter, Valentina, originally published in The Meriden Daily Journal on May 6, 1947)
Red Skelton’s wife to seek divorce: continues to write his gags
Red Skelton’s wife to seek divorce – an article first published in the Warsaw Daily Union on December 30, 1942, dealing with Red’s first wife, Edna, filing for […]
Buster Keaton’s Entry in the 1923/24 Blue Book
[Please note the misprint in the list of Keaton’s released films. “The Ghost” should read “The Goat“! There is also a discrepancy here and between […]
Buster Keaton can smile after business hours
Buster Keaton Can Smile After Business Hours, by Dorothy Day – originally published in the New York Telegraph on October 21, 1923 I went to […]
Low Comedy as a High Art
Low Comedy as a High Art, by Malcolm H. Oettinger – originally published in Picture-Play Magazine, March 1923 For a long time it was considered […]
Buster Keaton can smile
Buster Keaton Can Smile and Yawn, Too, If He Wishes, by Gertrude Chase – originally published in the New York Telegraph on October 8, 1922 A […]
Buster Keaton’s marriage
Buster Keaton’s Marriage — Only Three Weeks – by Willis Goldbeck, originally published in Motion Picture, October 1921 “Silence is of the gods; only monkeys chatter.” […]
Buster Keaton tumbling to fame
Tumbling to Fame, by Malcolm H. Oettinger — originally published in Picture-Play Magazine, December 1920 If you’re a “big-time” vaudeville devotee you’ll remember “The Three […]
Buster Keaton Bursts Into Stardom, by Grace Kingsley
Buster Keaton Bursts Into Stardom, by Grace Kingsley — originally published in the Los Angeles Times, May 16, 1920 “I gotta do some sad scenes. Why, […]